#BFAB5E#BFAB5E

#BFAB5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB5E
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -2.91, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 42.07, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.009 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.1 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0704, 41.0119, 16.4982)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB5E #5E72BF

analogous

#BF7A5E #BFAB5E #A2BF5E

triadic

#BFAB5E #5EBFAB #AB5EBF

tetradic

#BFAB5E #5EBF7A #5E72BF #BF5EA2

square

#BFAB5E #5EBF7A #5E72BF #BF5EA2

split-complementary

#BFAB5E #5EA2BF #7A5EBF

monochromatic

#74662E #A08C40 #BFAB5E #D0C28A #E2D9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFAB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BFAB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB5E

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB5E	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c38d',
    500: '#bfab5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab5e;
$custom-light: #d4c38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.629,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.742,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB5E

secondary

#A8B1D0

accent

#6FD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB5E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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